diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
index 7765ad09d793fb4aeeb89559a82aa529726f76e6..4e1ca69f6aa1c27fd9530e7f14a36a0101657b85 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -3097,6 +3097,9 @@ brcmf_cfg80211_escan_handler(struct brcmf_if *ifp,
 
 	status = e->status;
 
+	if (status == BRCMF_E_STATUS_ABORT)
+		goto exit;
+
 	if (!test_bit(BRCMF_SCAN_STATUS_BUSY, &cfg->scan_status)) {
 		brcmf_err("scan not ready, bsscfgidx=%d\n", ifp->bsscfgidx);
 		return -EPERM;